Shloka 51

Vāmadeva-mata: Rahasya-upadeśa

The Esoteric Teaching of Vāmadeva’s Doctrine

Devanagari script

एवं स्थिते जगत्यस्मिञ्छिवादन्यन्न विद्यते । सर्व्वरूपधरः स्वामी शिवो व्यापी महेश्वरः

Transliteration

evaṃ sthite jagatyasmiñchivādanyanna vidyate | sarvvarūpadharaḥ svāmī śivo vyāpī maheśvaraḥ

Translation

Thus, in this world as it truly stands, there is nothing apart from Śiva. The Lord Śiva—Mahādeva, the all-pervading Maheśvara—is the sovereign Master who assumes every form.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• sthite: when (it is) situated/when it stands
• sthite: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); used as locative absolute (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/सप्तमी-निरपेक्षा) with jagati/asmin

• jagati: in the world
• jagati: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• śivāt: than Śiva / from Śiva
• śivāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), negation particle (निषेध)

• vidyate: exists, is found
• vidyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarva-rūpa-dharaḥ: bearer of all forms
• sarva-rūpa-dharaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (धृ धातु, ण्वुल्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समास: सर्वाणि रूपाणि धरति इति

• svāmī: the Lord
• svāmī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vyāpī: all-pervading
• vyāpī: Viśeṣaṇa of śivaḥ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• maheśvaraḥ: the Great Lord
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समास: महा+ईश्वर (महेश्वर)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailāsa teachings to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It affirms Śiva as Pati (the Supreme Lord): the one reality pervading all names and forms, so liberation comes through recognizing everything as dependent on and suffused by Śiva.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Because Śiva is ‘sarva-rūpa-dhara’ (the bearer of all forms), the Liṅga is a valid sacred focus: a concrete emblem through which devotees approach the all-pervading Lord who is beyond yet present within form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Śiva’s vyāpti (all-pervasion) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and support it with Śaiva markers like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa to steady devotion and contemplation.